KARACHI – The British Royal Navy’s Type 23 Guided Missile Frigate, HMSRichmond arrived at Karachi Naval Dockyard for a port visit to Pakistan.
A warm welcome was extended to the crew of HMS Richmond, a warship assignedto HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group, on Sunday.
The frigate has a busy programme of Pakistan-UK defence engagements as itwould participate in bilateral naval exercise.
The Carrier Strike Group made its maiden deployment in May 2021 and hastaken part in operations and engagements in the Mediterranean and theIndo-Pacific.
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The Strike group will travel over 26,000 nautical miles from theMediterranean to the Red Sea, from the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Sea, andfrom the Indian Ocean to the Philippine Sea, engaging with 40 countries.This deployment will end in December 2021, said official statement.
Besides the warship, the Strike Group comprises aircraft carrier HMS QueenElizabeth, Type 45 destroyers HMS Defender and HMS Diamond (although thisship has had recent issues), Type 23 anti-submarine frigate HMS Kent, andtanker and storage ships Fort Victoria and RFA Tidespring.
